Case Report

An ascending aort dissection detected in transthoracic echocardiography as a posteriorly located mass

  • Oben Baysan
  • Uğur Bozlar
  • Serdar Fırtına
  • Mehmet Yokuşoğlu
  • Barış Bugan
  • Celal Genç

Received Date: 18.08.2009 Accepted Date: 29.06.2010 Gulhane Med J 2010;52(3):219-221

A patient with aortic dissection generally has symptomatic presentation, however in an asymptomatic case the diagnosis is usually based on incidentally detected findings. We herein present a case of aortic dissection in a 68-year-old female patient detected as a posteriorly located mass in transthoracic echocardiography without overt symptoms.

Keywords: Aortic dissection, computed tomography, echocardiography